we were that the fbi. the second part was this oversight mechanism where we would do these reports to congress every quarter and special reports and special audits we would do of specific programs. >> where did you get your authority? >> from congress, this legislation. it provided that we had all the authority of any inspector general which are these similar type of oversight agencies that are attached to each department and many agencies within the federal government. >> you say in your book, you were not terribly impressed by the number of inspectors general of around town. how many are they? >> i think there are 64 or 65 different ones. one of the things -- when i first came to washington, i did not know what -- know what and i g did. my experience as prosecutor, we would occasionally run into other law enforcement arms. for while i was doing mortgage fraud cases, i started up a mortgage fraud unit and i was dealing with the inspector general from hud, very good law enforcement agents. but i did not kn